How did DUers come up with their author names?

[im10ashus]

I find myself amused of some of the names we have come up with. There are some that are easily understood and some that make me wonder what motivated the choice. Mine, im10ashus, is actually just a way of saying "I am tenacious" and I use that as my email address as well. I use it because I was told by a person that was directing me in a play a number of years ago that I was a very tenacious person and it would serve me well in my life - both on stage and off - and they were right. I know it can be both a good and bad thing to be so tenacious but it's certainly been more good than bad. So, how did my fellow DUers come up with their names and what was the reason behind it? Just curious. :-)

[bicentennial_baby]

1. I was born in 1976

hence the name...

[im10ashus]

3. Cool.

I like that. Thanks for sharing bb!

[trumad]

4. God I hate you youngsters

I graduated High School in 1975. ;-)

[im10ashus]

6. Funny!

So? Trumad is derived from? :-)

[trumad]

46. My oldest kid is named Truman, my daughter is Madison

hence, trumad.

[im10ashus]

55. Beautiful names.

And a wonderful way to honor them. Thanks, trumad! :hi:

[Momgonepostal]

204. I love the name Truman

We talked about naming a baby that if we had any boys, but we have girls instead. :-)

[wryter2000]

9. Get in line, whippersnapper

1966 here. I'm as old as Prince Charles, but much more good looking.

I'm ashamed to say Yahoo suggested my logon name. I wanted to be writer or wryter, but they were taken.

[bicentennial_baby]

32. Ah, you're cool with me Trumad

I've always hung with people far older than myself anyway :)

[Misunderestimator]

84. You sound like such an old fart.

But I'm glad to know you're five years older than me :) :loveya:

[Nay]

149. Don't despair. I graduated in 1969. We aren't pushing up daisies yet.

[sam sarrha]

27. My son was born April 6, 1976.. i miss him so.. he hates me

[bicentennial_baby]

38. I'm so sorry

:hug:

[im10ashus]

Awwww!

Now I'm sad.

:hug:

[trumad]

50. Make it your mission in life

to change that.. family is all we got.

[DistressedAmerican]

51. I too was born on that day. Not the same year. But, I love ya anyway!

:hi:

[Robb]

2. My name is Robb

...Er, not a lot of work went into that one, eh?

I'll try harder next time. :)

[im10ashus]

5. LOL!

Sometimes simplicity works just as well. Thanks, Robb!

[bahrbearian]

11. Robb is a dingbat,.. LOL

Bahrbearians are known to bring down Empires!

[im10ashus]

16. Rock on.

Heaven knows we need to bring down our current Empire! This is a cool way of getting to know DUers! Thanks for sharing.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. My spiritual names

combined make my username. It is used elsewhere on the 'net and is also used for email.

Ayesha Haqqiqa

[im10ashus]

12. Awesome!

Are you the webmaster Ayesha Haqqiqa?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

183. yes

I have the honor of keeping up several different websites for people.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. Our SecDef gets pissy sometimes.

I enjoy it when he goes all Henny Penny on us.

Thanks to a forgotten DUer who once posted "Rummy is frosted!"

[im10ashus]

13. I like that!

I think Rummy is toast, but frosted is good. :-)

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. "And the meek shall inherit the earth."

Mine has a biblical source.

[sam sarrha]

33. Well, even if they do inherit the earth they still wont be able to turn

left in trafic...:rofl:

[nolabels]

56. I just make three rights

Besides it's always better to backtrack to see where you made your mistakes :P

[im10ashus]

64. LMAO!

Good retort! Love your name, btw!

[ihaveaquestion]

14. I tend to ask a lot of questions.

This is something others find really annoying - I can't imagine why, can you?

:evilgrin:

[im10ashus]

18. LOL!

I can't imagine. :-)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. My name is Kathy. I live in Cambridge.

:-)

[katinmn]

17. My name is Kat. I live in Minn-e-soooo-ta!

[im10ashus]

21. Hello, MN.

Get cold there much? :-) Beatiful state, by the way.

[katinmn]

28. yes, much! But also gets steamy in the summer.

I like the spring and fall the best.

[im10ashus]

34. I was there in the fall a few years ago.

Did a road trip from Chicago one weekend when I lived there. It was incredibly beautiful.

[im10ashus]

20. I would never have guessed.

:-)

Cambridge, Mass?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

127. Is there another one?

;-)

just kidding. In Mass. notice the Red Sox avatar. :-)

[im10ashus]

146. Duh!

I'm not too quick today.

:-)

[Oversea Visitor]

19. Haha

From Malaysia and not an Americans. Want that to be loud and clear when I post hehe.

[katinmn]

23. comes across well!

:hi:

[im10ashus]

25. Understood.

Welcome to America!

[baby_mouse]

22. One of my so called "animal totems" is a mouse

I know, it's pagan weird shit. :-)

I don't really buy into the whole spirit animals thing at all, but I *am* small, furry and cute, so my friends liked it when I decided I was a mouse. The name kinda stuck!

Also, on a more reflective note, I think I just like the idea of small, nice things that just *WORK*. Most of the world's really stupid problems seem to me to have occurred from people trying to instigate big monolithic plans, great dreams and ideals, without thinking about gritty annoying things like consequences. Small, perhaps sometimes slightly lopsided ideas that fit nice with what's already there are, to my view, the best way forward for making the world a better place. Big Ideas sometimes work, sometimes fall RIGHT through the floor taking a lot of valuable stuff with them. This is, of course, an emormous generalisation and easily shot down, but it FEELS right to me, so I stick with it.

In summary - small is beautiful... And I walk the path of mouseness.

xxx

[im10ashus]

31. That's a great story.

Thanks for sharing. Paganism is something I like to read about. Any recommendations?

[baby_mouse]

77. Well, actually, I don't know much about it

And most of the stuff I know comes from knowing other pagans/wicca/chaos magic types.

But these are sometimes worth a browse or two...

http://www.paganlibrary.com/

Lots of stuff here

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08590a.htm

Very interesting, mostly about Jewish Cabala, which is a sort of "mental mapping" of the world and the human soul, if you buy that. It's an interesting model to me, nothing much more, but then interesting models can be very useful...

http://www.lysator.liu.se/occult/

Not too bad

Be aware, a LOT of this stuff is complete rubbish... :-)

Mostly I cherry pick what I like. It's mind-scaping, really, primarily I'm an atheist. I think of the occult as a hobby for me rather than a belief system.

[im10ashus]

79. I'm always curious enough to read about other beliefs.

Pagans were stomped out by Christians and they have had a bad rap ever since. Thanks for the links!

[Mythsaje]

231. You also might try

http://www.witchvox.com

[sam sarrha]

41. My favorate "7 Arrows" by H. Storm ,story is'Jumping mouse', Plains Indian

[im10ashus]

43. I'll check it out at the library.

Thanks!

:-)

[sam sarrha]

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[sam sarrha]

76. Samsara is the Buddhist realm of Suffering, where shit always happens, in

this life and the next and to next and the next, right here, right now, 24/7/365.4

till you figure it out. no babysitters, no gods that can help you out {they are stuck here too}

[baby_mouse]

78. THAT's a bit depressing

Does this mythology include any nicer places?

[sam sarrha]

119. actually Buddhism is based on the 'Four Noble Truths' which are the way

out of Samsara. the goal is to reach Nirvana... A state of endless bliss..reguardless of what happens and if you choose.. an end to cyclical rebirth.

The Four Noble Truths are the first teachings of the Buddha after enlightenment, which means "Awakened One". the goal is to become 'Awake'.

"The Four Noble Truths, Diagnose the human condition and prescribe a treatment: the path tword to Nirvana. it is all very logical

1/ that all all life entailssuffering...Unsatisfactoriness, unhappiness, sadness, anger, physical and mental pain disease problems.. and that even the positive elements are transitory. Nothing enherently exists.

2/ simply that the cause of suffering is 'desire', the sanskrit word is actually "Thrist"

3/ the 3rd truth is that if there is a cause there is a cure. If you remove the cause of the effect....

4/the formula to remove desire is the Noble Eight fold Path..which is a goal oriented process. Buddhism is an individual process, you are resopnsible for

if you are interested in the details you can check out a great site http://www.buddhanet.net there is lots of info there. or PM me.

the Noble Eight fold path is someshat like the 10 comandmants, except it was brought by a man and is more like the 8 suggestions.
it is up to the individual.

To really get a Great perspective on this, go to the local video store and check out the movie..."The Little Buddha", with Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak and Bridget Fonda. A Bernardo Bertolucci film, by MIRAMAX..a really sweet little film, a story within a story within a story

[im10ashus]

123. Good to know this.

I've never seen the Bertolucci film. I'll check it out.

[sam sarrha]

140. actually it isnt depressing, it just says things arent as they seem, they

provide a method based on meditatio that clears the mind and in my opinion opens up other mental process the expand the consciousness beyond regular conventional thought..

I feel Buddhism is like an A.A. program for people addicted to conventional thought. there is a Loud mind without the ability to actually solve the problems it sees... because the real source of the problems is beyond the comprehension of that mind... which i call the O'Riely mind or the Limbaugh mind.. the mind that actually works in this world waits patiently for you to become calm and quiet enough for you to hear it speak... or allow it to work. it takes practace and meditation

[im10ashus]

91. Life is suffering.

That's the Buddhist philosophy. We are all made to suffer. It's depressing but true. :-)

[sellitman]

24. I'm a road salesman

Been so for 22 years!

Sell- it- man!!!

[im10ashus]

35. Wow!

Kudos! What do you sell?

[sellitman]

80. Building Products

[whatever4]

26. I'm just sarcastic and without identity ;) nt

[im10ashus]

36. I like it though.

It has good meaning. :-)

[whatever4]

107. Thanks :) Did you post what yours means? It's interesting :)

Would you beleive mine started with a D&D game over 20 years ago? My shape changing character :)

[im10ashus]

113. Yeah.

It's in the original post. It's a play on "tenacious" which I have been accused of being. :-)

I love the D&D connection.

[whatever4]

125. Cool :) nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

29. I didn't want anyone to know who I am.

:smoke:

[im10ashus]

37. And we still don't.

:-) It's working.

[Kelvin Mace]

30. I'm named after a comic book

character that ran two issues. The title of the strip was "Kelvin Mace: A man who has absolutely no business being anyone's role model".

[im10ashus]

39. LMAO!

That's GREAT! You'll be my new role model now. I like rebels. :-)

[Kelvin Mace]

67. Mace was a

modern "film noir" Sam SPade type, with lots of completely unnecessary violence.

[Catchawave]

40. I live near the beach ! n/t

[im10ashus]

44. Rock on! n/t

[aka-chmeee]

42. Origins

For Larry Niven fans, it's easy.
When I first started "discussing" politics via email with my conservative "friends" I took aka-chmeee as an insult that I knew would never be recognized. Chmeee was the name earned by a Kzin after doing a great service to his kind. Before that, he was styled by his profession...a diplomat to earth; that is, a "speaker to animals".

Edit. Does not apply to present company. HiHi.

[im10ashus]

47. I like that!

Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[DistressedAmerican]

45. I'm An American And I Am Distressed!!!

Extremely Freaking Distressed American was a bit too long...

[im10ashus]

49. Can I just call you EFDA?

:hi:

[DistressedAmerican]

57. Definitely More Suscinct!

:evilgrin:

[im10ashus]

61. Agreed.

You can just call me EFDA II. :-)

[Taxloss]

48. It's a very long story.

For the record, I loathe the name now, it's just stupid. I wish I had changed it in the '04 amnesty.

At university some friends of mine and I used to play games over JANET, which was then possibly the finest open intranet in the UK. (And we used it to play "Descent". Hey ho.) The first time I was invited to play I needed to come up with a login nickname. I was very into indie at the time (I still like it, but I'm no longer a freak about it) and I was playing the Mansun song "Taxloss" at the time - which is a pretty catchy song. I used Taxloss as my login.

From there, Taxloss migrated into being my nick for dozens of different forums and groups - my online alter ego as it were. When I had a blog, I called it Taxloss. It's not a bad word but after 8 years of use I'm tired of it, so I'm phasing it out.

[im10ashus]

52. I'd keep it.

It has so many connotations. :hi:

[Mutley]

53. Mutley_r_us

The mutley comes from my dog, who is a mutt, and one of her nicknames is Mutley. Plus, I always loved the Hannah Barbara cartoon character, Mutley (featured in my avatar).

The r_us is because I used to work at Toys R Us.

[im10ashus]

58. I LOVE Mutley!

Thanks!

[Mutley]

62. YW!

:D

[Taxloss]

157. Snickersnickersnicker.

Muttley rocks.

[dr.zoidberg]

54. Easy.

I chose my name from a character from Futurerama.

[im10ashus]

59. GREAT cartoon!

Thanks doc!

[Mutley]

60. Brilliant!

Dr. Zoidberg! Futurama is a great cartoon.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

63. Simple.... I am experiencing 4 more moronic years at the hands of

the neoconsters. I knew I would. So I chose the name. :)

[im10ashus]

66. You have great foresight, grasshopper!

:hi:

[DoYouEverWonder]

65. I picked mine because it asks a question

that can be taken at least two completely different ways depending upon how you read it.

It can either be Do you ever wonder, marvel, look at something in awe?

Or it can be read Do you ever wonder what the fuck is going on around here?


It's also from an album and a song by Shawn Phillips but unfortunately I didn't remember the title correctly when I started using it. It really should have been Do You Wonder. Oh well.

[im10ashus]

69. I like that.

And yes, I do wonder. A LOT! :hi:

[bpilgrim]

81. great name

i've always really liked it :toast:

i picked mine (as most know) after a book character from one of my favorite american writers, Kurt Vonnegut, as a reminder of how bad 'civilized' war can get (Slaughterhouse-Five) and because i see myself as confused and rambling as any Vonnegut character, in these 'interesting' times we all find ourselves living in :scared:

welcome to Trafalmadore :hi:

peace

[im10ashus]

82. A great novel.

Thanks for sharing!

[Mythsaje]

232. It reminds me

of a Gaia Consort song that starts out

"Do you ever wonder whose face makes the moonlight?
Do you ever look up and find your face there?"

[lateo]

68. Mine is Greek for...

"hidden". I got this after I had to fend off some online stalkers that were making my life hard.

[im10ashus]

71. Nice.

You are safe here with us, lateo! :hi:

[mr blur]

70. Title of one of my favourite songs

by Tom Verlaine. Also, I have MS, and anyone else who has it will know that sometimes things get a little... blurred.

[im10ashus]

73. Thanks for sharing!

I hope you are doing well today. :hug:

[seemunkee]

72. Seamonkeys are fun

and the first time I tried to register anywhere with the correct spelling it was taken.

[im10ashus]

75. I used to order them from the back of comic books.

:rofl:

[HawkerHurricane]

74. A fascination with WW2 aircraft...

especially aircraft that were not as good as the best available.

[mcscajun]

83. Mine starts with my initials -- mcs

and ends with a part of my oldest screenname, back from my (gasp) AOL Days.

I'm not Cajun, but a lover of all things Cajun.
:party: :toast: :bounce:

[im10ashus]

90. Love me some Cajun cooking.

Thanks!

:hi:

[auntAgonist]

85. my Dad used to tell

me all the time, that I'm an antagonist. I'm not really, I'm quite shy and try not to provoke argument. but there it is ...auntAgonist. Not very original.

:hi:

[im10ashus]

92. It's very original.

Antagonism is good, when used properly.

:hi:

[auntAgonist]

106. thank you!

I'm usually good at figuring names out, your's took me a while though!

i like it a lot!!

:hug:

[im10ashus]

138. Thanks!

I like yours a lot too. I got it when I first saw it.

:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

86. MissHoneychurch is a character in one of my favorite books

Room with View by E.M. Forster

[im10ashus]

93. I LOVE that novel.

I made that connection. :-)

[MissHoneychurch]

100. the movie is good also

I really like both. Book and movie. I like how Lucy Honeychurch breaks out of everything and goes her own way.

[im10ashus]

101. It was a good movie.

They usually do a good job of turning the Forster novels into film. Howard's End. My favorite, Maurice. All have done well as films.

[JimmyJazz]

87. JimmyJazz is from a Clash song....the first line of the song

is rather appropriate for me for reasons I won't go into :o

[im10ashus]

103. LOL!

Love the Clash. And I think I get what you're saying.

:evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

88. Just telling the truth.

:)

[im10ashus]

95. I like that.

Subtle in its honesty. :-)

[Sannum]

89. No one must know

:evilgrin:

[im10ashus]

99. Hmmmm!

Is it Norwegian in it's origin?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

94. If you read my sig line all will be revealed...

[im10ashus]

97. Brilliant, MM!

That's awesome!

:yourock:

[ghostsofgiants]

96. My friend came up with it actually

And I stole it from him.

[im10ashus]

98. You're naughty!

But I love it.

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

108. Haha, thanks

[SalmonChantedEvening]

102. Long Story LOL

I'm a 7 year veteran of the DALnet (what channels you ask? never you mind :P) and I've been a regular in the same channel since '99. It became a minor sport to come up with odd nicknames just to get people either giggling or groaning, depending on how grevious the pun was. (A few PG examples: Dan^Druph, Al^Terigo, Bill^Melaytur, Art^Kryttyk)

One night I used Salmon, and the owner of the channel couldn't stop laughing. She's one of the best and the brightest tech minds I've ever known and a truly great lady. So I chose it as a thank you and a tribute to her and all the wonderful people I've known on the DAL.

[im10ashus]

104. I've always loved your screen name.

It makes me smile every time. I even sing the song with Salmon as opposed to Some Enchanted. Cracks people up.

:hi:

[name not needed]

105. I couldn't think of one.

[im10ashus]

121. But it speaks volumes.

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

109. I'm left-handed, politically left, and I write.

The "write" is, of course, a play on "right."

[im10ashus]

116. It's brilliant.

I love it. I got it the first time I saw it. It makes me smile.

:hi:

[Heidi]

110. Heidi = stereotypical image of Switzerland . . .

where I live. (Yodel-ay-hee-hoo. :eyes: )

[im10ashus]

115. Would love to visit there.

I hear it's stunning in its beauty. Thanks, Heidi!

:hi:

[khashka]

111. It's from a Kate Bush song

Kashka fom Baghdad lives in sin they say with another man.....

Typically, I misspelled it.

Khash.

[bicentennial_baby]

112. I love her voice....

:loveya:

[im10ashus]

114. It's beautiful.

I always thought it was your actual name. LOVE Kate Bush. :-)

[khashka]

141. Actually

Nowadays I do use it as my name.

Khash.

[two gun sid]

117. Two Gun Sid Hatfield...

a distant relative.

[im10ashus]

118. Awesome.

I'll try not to piss you off...much. :-)

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

120. I gotta be me

[swag]

122. Mine is boring.

It's just something people have called me most of my life.

[im10ashus]

126. Not boring at all.

swag (swg)
n.
1.
a. An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.
b. An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.
c. A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.
2. Slang Stolen property; loot.
3. Australian The pack or bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.
4. Slang Herbal tea in a plastic sandwich bag sold as marijuana to an unsuspecting customer.
intr.v. swagged, swag·ging, swags
1. Chiefly British To lurch or sway.
2. Australian To travel about with a pack or swag.

[swag]

129. Thank you.

I should add that "swag" is synonymous with "booty."

[im10ashus]

135. As in "booty call"?

:rofl:

[UrbScotty]

124. I was watching an old episode of Home Improvemet.

They told viewers of "Tool Time" that if you wanted to buy one of their classic cars, you could call 1-800-Z-CARZ-4-U. Then I thought to myself, "You know what? I think 1-800-I-H8-Z-GOP would be a good number for the Democratic Party." So I thought about it, changed it to its present form, and have used it on a number of websites.

[im10ashus]

128. LMAO!

That's beautiful! I think the 1-800 number is ideal. We should look into it.

:evilgrin:

[UrbScotty]

130. You know what the phone number is to Capitol hill, right?

It's 1-877-SOB-U-SOB.

[im10ashus]

134. No kidding?

That's effing hilarious!

:rofl:

[trebizond]

131. I was taking a great course in Byzantine history when i joined,

And have a continuing strong interest in that subject. Trebizond was a city on the Black Sea coast of what is now NE Turkey, the city now being known as Trabzon. I just thought it sounded cool, really.

[im10ashus]

139. I would never have figured that out.

Thanks!

:hi:

[TheGoodCitizen]

132. Because I'm a good citizen....

* The dangers of delinquency
* A good citizen eats plenty of meat
* Code of the Junior Rifleman
* Outdoor activities for family fun
* A good little boy never talks back
* Why it's never right to poison the neighbor's dog

:patriot:

[TK421]

133. TK421- The stormtrooper who wasn't at his post in Star Wars

[im10ashus]

136. Good one!

You are at your post on DU and that's what's important!

:hi:

[TK421]

143. Good to be here! Love your name, too

:hi:

[derby378]

137. Listen to Emergency Broadcast Network...

...and you'll understand part of my alias. The other part is a logical contraction of my initials. Hope this helps!

[im10ashus]

142. I'll have to do that.

I can't recall what that is, but I'll check it out. Thanks!

[Tafiti]

144. Tafiti:

I think African names are really pretty, so I chose a male Swahili name, meaning "Seeker of Knowledge", which apparently comes from East Africa region - Kenya and Tanzania. I was going to use Talib Kweli, meaning "Truthseeker", but there is a hip-hop artist by that title. Oh well, I'm a seeker of knowledge as much as I'm a seeker of truth I suppose.

[im10ashus]

145. I like it.

Thanks for sharing.

:hi:

[BooScout]

147. To Kill a Mockingbird....

...is my favorite book. Scout and Boo were taken as names here so I used BooScout. At other sites on the WWW I am either known as BooBoo or Scout.

[im10ashus]

164. It's one of my favorites as well.

Good pseudonym! Thanks!

:hi:

[Nay]

148. Mine's a nickname from when I was a baby.

[im10ashus]

151. That's cute.

Thanks, Nay!

[NeoTraitors]

153. I am embarassed of mine now! I had been lurking here on DU

and reading all about the Neo-cons and I was so angry with them when I signed up that all I could think of was what traitors those Neo-cons were. I feel kinda stupid now because it IS a dumb name AND it makes me seem angry!

I really would like to change it to something different but I don't think that we can.

[im10ashus]

165. I think they have an amnesty period when you can.

They did it in 2004 I hear. I think your name resonates loud and clear. I'd keep it.

:hi:

[NeoTraitors]

209. Hey thank you very much! I appreciate your kind words.

Since I signed up in a haste I have been somewhat self-conscious about the name.

And thanks to undisclosedlocation too. I may just keep the name but it is nice to know what to do if I wanna change it.:hi:

[Bossy Monkey]

185. You just email Skinner and ask him to turn off this account so you can

get another. You start over again at zero posts, but you don't have so many that that would make a tremendous difference. If you have donated by that time, you can also ask them to transfer the donor star to the new account, but obviously in your case it makes more sense just to wait to donate until after you make the change. (Of course if you have more than one email account, you can just register the new name using that address without bothering admins, but that's a little frowned upon.)

[Reverend_Smitty]

150. my nickname since high school has been Smitty

why I have no idea, I guess there were too many Kellys running around there. Then about 2 years ago I found a website that will ordain you as a minister so I did it, my friends started calling me Reverend Smitty, so I guess it kind of stuck

[im10ashus]

152. Thanks, Reverend! n/t

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

154. Bush responded to the mad cow disease scare

Got worried about all of his Texas beef rancher buddies.

Stood before reporters at the Crawford Pig Farm and told everyone to eat beef, saying "I had beef for lunch today."

Other than thinking "Who gives a flying F**K what you had for lunch," it stuck me as one of the stupidest things I'd heard him say to date.

SO...within a day or two of that I also stumbled across DU, signed up, and became Bush_Eats_Beef.

:toast:

[im10ashus]

162. LMAO!

That's the best one so far, I think. Thanks!

:hi:

[Bzzzz]

155. I have a rio yellow...

Honda S2000(and she'll scream)with black leather interior...reminds me of a bumble bee...thus, Bzzzz.

[Deja Q]

156. My pseudonym was borne out of a little known show called...

"Futurama".

:D

[im10ashus]

163. LOVE Futurama!

Couple of others upthread have done the same. Thanks!

:hi:

[Deja Q]

201. :D

:D :hi:

[youspeakmylanguage]

247. Here you go...

He's not nearly as effective without the roaring hum, though.

[El Fuego]

158. I was so angry after the last election

I want to be The Fire that incinerates their ass. :grr::grr::grr:

[Rabrrrrrr]

159. Because I believe in the capacity of the untrained to generate

initiatives and brainstorm in ways 'outside the box' from the specialists and the so-called well-trained, leading to a greater creative capacity and outpouring from any organization; thus and hence, "Rabrrrrrr"

[uppityperson]

160. Mine is easy, how I felt at the time I signed on DU

Seemed like what was needed at the time, and still is. I try to moderate my cynicism and ironical dry humor with an occasional decent posting.

[u4ic]

161. A friend and I

were having a bit of a contest to see who could come up with the best email addy name. I wrote down a ton of them, but liked this one best.

[48pan]

166. I ride a 1948 Panhead (Harley motorcycle) nt

[im10ashus]

168. That's AWESOME!

I want a ride. :-)

[48pan]

174. No you don't...

It's a hardtail. No shock absorbers on the back. If you aren't sitting in the middle (driver's seat) you will break your back. I don't even have passenger's pegs. There's no point.

[im10ashus]

181. Ouch!

I'll just wave as you go by then! B-)

[SarahB]

167. It's what my dad used to call me when I was little.

[im10ashus]

169. How cute is that?

Love the name. :hi:

[SarahB]

170. Thanks.

My dad is also a very brilliant, progressive, ethical man (also has been a Democratic delegate and involved otherwise politically), who in terms of politics, taught me well. :)

I used to have another DU name, but I wanted something that encompassed my actual name. This just fit for me. I just hate when people think I'm trying to make some sort of self-aggrandizing statement about my appearance with my name.

[im10ashus]

171. Your dad sounds like a good man.

I like that I know this background now. :-)

[gmoney]

177. I figured it was related to Cerebellum

...like when Garrison Keillor credits "Sarah Bellum" with writing each week's Prairie Home Companion

I still like "Sarah B. Kickass"

[im10ashus]

178. I didn't even pick that up!

Thanks gmoney! Let me guess? A thousand dollars? :hi:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

172. Mine is just something people call me....

they have since I was little.

[im10ashus]

173. From the Grinch!

It's what we call my Aunt Cindy.

P.S. LOVE the picture!

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

176. Thanks... I was 6

and that was about the time the name started to stick. My best friend's dad ALWAYS called me that. He passed away last Sept, just before I registered.

Your name reminds me of one of my fav's - Tenacious D!! :D

[im10ashus]

179. My condolences.

BTW. LOVE TD! That's what my brother calls me when he sends me email.

[Kingshakabobo]

175. My mon used to use the name.

As in: Who do you think you are? Kingshakabobo?

I never thought to ask mom where it came from.

Usually when I was being a bossy smart-ass. Somehow, my boyfriend gets it and understands where she was coming from.:)

[im10ashus]

180. LMAO!

It's better than being a dumb-ass. :-)

I see you are from Chicago. I just moved from there a year ago. I need to get back and visit or my friends are going to kill me.

:hi:

[Mojambo]

182. There's an episode of Seinfeld

Where Kramer refers to Newman as Mojambo.

I think it was something like, "You'd better think again, Mojambo!"

[im10ashus]

184. LOL!

My boyfriend TOTALLY got that just now when I asked him. Too funny. He LOVES Seinfeld.

My favorite one is "manzier" from when George's dad and Kramer invented the male bra. Still cracks me up. I saw there is a racehorse named Manzier. I KNOW it's from that episode. Thanks for sharing!

:hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

186. I watched way to much TV in the early '50s

"The wonderful World of Brother Buzz" was the first program broadcast after the test pattern retired on Saturday mornings. Cold cereal, milk, sugar, and TV - the American dream!

[im10ashus]

187. LOL!

Is that picture from the show? Thanks for sharing! :hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

225. That be Brother Buzz and Busy Bee...

the creation of Ralph Chessé and sponsored by the Lathum Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education (today we call it ecology). I was one of their earliest disciples and take the task to heart very seriously. Thank you, Ralph, for pointing me in the right direction early in my life.

[TaleWgnDg]

188. "TaleWgnDg" or "Tale Wagging the Dog" . . .

.

TaleWgnDg or Tale Wagging the Dog: the phrase "the tail that wags the dog" dates to the turn of the (1800s-to-1900s) century. In 1907, it appeared in Von Arnum's Fraulein Schmidt. And, F. Scott Fitzgerald used it in 1935.

The meaning is quite obvious, the subsidiary part (tail) is controlling the major part (entire dog).

In its most current usage, the case is of the "news media" creating the crisis instead of the crisis generating "news media" interest, as well as, most people's ability to swallow this fallacy all too readily.

I, then, used word play replacing "tail" with "tale" as the frosting on the cake, if you will, to complete the meaning of the phrase.

Yes, my screen-name/nickname/user-name (or as you say "author name") predates the movie, "Wag the Dog." I've had this name for more than 12 years which is why it was condensed to only nine letters because that was the limit back 12 or so years ago. Having been known as "TaleWgnDg" for all those years, I hesitate to update it to it's more understandable "Tale Wagging the Dog," although at times I do use the longer more understandable version.




.

[im10ashus]

190. I love that term.

And man is it true today in our media. Thanks!

:hi:

[TaleWgnDg]

214. Hhhmmmmm, I think you'd appreciate this cartoon illustration . . .

.

[im10ashus]

217. That's AWESOME!

And frightfully true. Thanks!

[nytemare]

189. At the time, I worked night shift, drive a Mustang, and I am a woman

hence, Nytemare. I just tweaked the spelling a tad!

[im10ashus]

192. And here I thought it was describing out current Pretlzeldent.

:hi:

[nytemare]

195. He is too much of a reality to refer to him in such a term.

:)

[Orsino]

191. 'Cause I got love oh-so-very right the second time around.

Going back two decades, I'd wanted to play Orsino in a college production of Twelfth Night, but because I'd written music for Feste's songs and submitted a tape to the director, that's the part I was saddled with. Turned out to be for the best.

[im10ashus]

193. It's a GREAT part. One of my favorite plays!

THanks for sharing! :hi:

[fortyfeetunder]

194. Scuba diving

and some of the best diving I've had was from forty feet under water!

[General Zod]

196. General Zod, greatest villain in movie history.

Now, bring me the son of Jor-El!!!!

Oh, by the way, here's my website: http://www.generalzod.net/

[im10ashus]

205. Thanks, GZ!

I bookmarked your website. It's fun!

:hi:

[General Zod]

222. Just to let you know.....

......that's not really "my" website, as I didn't create it. I was just talking in character. That site is way too funny.

[emdee]

197. emdee ------ My initials are M.D. (boring) n/t

n/t

[FuzzySlippers]

198. I was looking under the bed for a lost fuzzy slipper,

and I thought to myself, "Hey! That would be a good user name!".:shrug:

[shugh514]

199. S.H. are my initials

I "compressed" my real name to create an online nick and came up with shugh. 514 is my birthday 5/14.

[TroubleMan]

200. The Marvin Gaye song "Trouble Man"

1. It's my favorite song.

2. The song strongly resembles my life (unfortunately).

3. The song was made on the same year I was born, 1972.

[im10ashus]

208. I love that song.

Sorry about the trouble.

:hug:

[BreweryYardRat]

202. Mine's pretty unique...

I'm trying to write a fantasy novel, and the seawolf (magical creature with a wolf's head and a shark's body) is a heraldric device used by the main characters.

[im10ashus]

206. That's GREAT!

Keep us posted on the novel? :hi:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

203. Just something I thought of when I signed up!

[Ikonoklast]

207. Reflects my personality and political views

As person that would carry out symbolic acts of protest against authority figures it fits me; a destroyer of the imposition of authority. Guess I always had a problem with authority; got a huge independent streak and never liked to be told what was best for me by people that had their own screwed-up lives. Has served me well.

[NYdemocrat089]

210. Mine is pretty simple.

NYdemocrat089

NY-I live in NY

democrat-I'm a democrat at heart (15...can't register)

089-part of all my other screen names because 89 in my favorite number (and I the year I was born)

[TaleWgnDg]

213. Hey, NYdemocrat089 . . .

.
Hey, NYdemocrat089 . . . to DU

.

[NYdemocrat089]

219. Thanks!

Always nice to be welcomed.

[im10ashus]

216. 1989?

Suddenly I feel a million years old! Welcome to DU! You are our future and we are glad you are here.

:hi:

[NYdemocrat089]

220. Thanks!

Yeah...1989. A friend (who is also a member...can't remember her name though) told me I would love this place. So far I have.

[im10ashus]

221. You are most welcome.

It's a good place for link-minded progressives to sometimes annoy and enlighten. My kinda place.

[enigmatic]

211. I'm enigmatic to all my friends

so it was pretty simple..

[Doctor_J]

212. I was the 2nd Jeff at my old board

hence "The Other Jeff"

[joneschick]

215. married name of Jones + gender reference

wow, that was tricky.....it works. My daughter is on here sometimes,she's Scruffbunny, my baby name for her.

[TOhioLiberal]

218. Hi im10ashus!

...Love that name, BTW.

My name is simple:
T stands for my home city, Toledo. Home of Tony Packo's and the Mud Hens (both made famous by actor Jamie Farr (M*A*S*H)).

Ohio should be evident ;) as my home state.

Liberal is what I am. As in, 'dye-in-the-wool' and 'bleeding heart' :)

[im10ashus]

235. I love it!

And thanks. I love your name too!

:hi:

[graywarrior]

223. I was going to be a gray panther, but decided I'm an old warrior

[tibbir]

224. tibbir is ribbit spelled backwards

.

[bluestateguy]

226. I identify with the values, customs and culture of the Blue Nation

Blue parts of the country. Places like Austin, San Francisco, the Florida Gold Coast, Boston, NYC, and the many college towns in this country: that's my America.

I have no use for places like Neshoba County, Mississppi or rural Kansas. Useless flyover country as far as I'm concerned.

[im10ashus]

236. Amen, brother.

Amen!

:hi:

[deadparrot]

227. Pretty simple, really.

I love Monty Python. :)

[Lilith Velkor]

228. favorite character in Illuminatus!

by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

[Tikki]

229. We, originally, had chosen the user name Klaus Nomi, but at the last...

...minute we decided to use the name of our beloved doggie "Tikki".


The Tikkis

[im10ashus]

237. Klaus Nomi was great!

Thanks for knowing that. :hi:

Love the Tikkis!

[WCGreen]

230. My name is William Christopher Green

[Mythsaje]

233. Sage3D was the very first screenname I ever had on AOL

I was trying to come up with something mystical that wasn't being over-utilized. Sage morphed into StormSage...then WindSage and OakSage and so on.

I pretty much used up all the "Sage" possibilities and then cycled a few through with a 'aje' instead of 'age'... And then I decided to use Saje as my pen name. My stuff puts a twist on mythology, plus I like to try to penetrate the myths of politics and religion, therefore I joined DU as Mythsaje.

One thing that's been stable throughout my on-line tenure...99% of my names and e-mail addresses have contained some variation of the word sage/saje.

[im10ashus]

240. Good one!

And we all know there's lots-o-mtyhb busting to be done.

:hi:

[NMMNG]

234. Fundies cheese me off, with their constant attempts to

turn the US into a theocracy. They have a massive governmental, television, Internet, print and public presence and exert significant influence in all realms. At the same time they make the preposterous claim that they are suffering from "Anti-Christian bigotry" and trying to turn themselves into a protected class.


I also like Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[im10ashus]

238. I've ALWAYS got a kick out of your screen name.

We need to kick some fundie butt in 2006!

:yourock:

[NMMNG]

263. Thanks, and indeed we do.

They have used so many backhanded and insidious means to grab power during the past two elections. We need to take America back by showing their deceptiveness, backwardness and cruelty for what it is. :patriot:

[im10ashus]

271. I got your back, Buffy!

:hi:

[Trigger Hippie]

246. I love your sn...

Fundies suck and Buffy ROCKS!!!

:)

[NMMNG]

262. True on both accounts.

I just saw (again) the episode where Willow unwittingly caused Giles to go blind, Buffy and Spike to get engaged and Xander to become a "demon magnet". I was ROTFL :rofl:

[Trigger Hippie]

270. I just saw that one too!

I've missed a bunch of the episodes, so I'm renting the whole series in order. I'm on the beginning of Season Five, when Dawn shows up.

I got into Angel first, then Buffy. They're both great shows. I love Joss Whedon's commentary on the DVDs. You can tell he really knows his stuff and puts a lot of thought into each episode. I can't wait to finish watching the whole series. :)

[Trigger Hippie]

239. I like to say Poo Head

It's an all-purpose, funny term. :)

[Richardo]

241. I like to *read* Poo Head

Cracks me up every time.

[im10ashus]

253. I think it's SO appropriate for the shrub!

:yourock:

[Beware the Beast Man]

242. It's the name of my music project, and a line from "Planet of the Apes."

If my avatar didn't tip you off to that fact. :)

In a way, it's also fitting of my physical appearance, and my mood in the morning. ;)

[im10ashus]

254. LOL!

You sound like me in the morning.

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

243. Mine is easy.

It is part of my first and last names.

[Deep13]

244. Dr. Forrester's residence on MST3K

In the not too distant future
way down in Deep 13
Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank
are hatching an evil scheme...

My wife and I really like Mystery Science Theater.

[youspeakmylanguage]

245. You Speak My Language

"All around the world, everywhere I go
No one understands me, no one knows
What I'm trying to say.
Everywhere I go, no one understands me,
They look at me when I talk to them
And they scratch their heads
They go "What's he trying to say?"
But you...you speak my language!"

"All around the world, everywhere I go
No one understands me, no one knows
What I'm trying to say.
Even in my home town,
My friends make me write it down.
They look at me when I talk to them
And they shrug their shoulders,
They go what's he talking about?
But you...you speak my language!
Yes!

Written by Mark Sandman. Performed by Morphine.
Covered (badly) by Collective Soul

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[Kraklen]

248. I'm the hip hop Kraken.

Straight outta Tartarus.

[noonwitch]

249. I'm a D'Vorak fan

The Noonwitch is the title of one of his symphonic poems. She's also a figure from eastern european folklore.

[WeRQ4U]

250. I'm a lawyer and WeRQ4U is supposed to be "We Argue for You".

Silly, I know.

[norml]

251. I did a lot of work with a local NORML group, which has since disbanded.

I don't officially represent the organization, though I support it.

If I had it to do over again I might try to come up with something more creative.

[Richardo]

252. First name + 'o'

What a creative GENIUS!! :eyes:

[Lumily]

255. Two names blended together.

My screen name is my first dog's name, Lucy, and my daughter's name, Emily, blended together. Lu + mily. :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

256. Um.....hmmmmmmm.......

[dajoki]

257. first two letters of mine, my wife's and our last name

:hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

258. A song by the Grateful Dead

http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/estimate.html

[Justpat]

259. An astonishing lack of creativity on my part

led to my name. But it suits me.

[im10ashus]

261. I love it!

:hi:

[Bullwinkle925]

260. Well...........

One day a gal-pal and myself were lamenting the fact that we wanted to run away and do a road-trip - sort of a 'Harley Route 66' thing but knew we never would. The conversation then turned to Thelma & Louise and we decided that we weren't sophisticated enough to be them so eventually we decided that we were more like Rocky & Bullwinkle - so you know which one of us became stuck with the moose name. And my birthday is 9/25.

[Individualist]

264. I'm a democrat living in a red region

[im10ashus]

273. Bless your heart!

You are to be commended. :hi:

[elshiva]

265. elshiva is the way a Roman Catholic Sister wrote out

my Jewish Name, "Elesheva." Plus I love the God Shiva.

[Initech]

266. I wanted to use Equal_Opportunity_Offender as my name

But there were too many letters in it, so I just shortened it.

[Bouncy Ball]

267. I don't know, someone told me

"hey be Bouncy Ball, it fits your personality" and I said "ok, sure."

Big story, huh?

[Kerrytravelers]

268. During the campaign, I traveled to a swing state for Kerry.

Kerry swingers sounded kinda kinky... 'ya know? ;-)

[sakabatou]

269. Came up with name after watching many eps of Samurai X on DVD

[Steve Nash is god 13]

272. i was born in 1993